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6 Tips for choosing the right pencils for your child
There are so many pencils on the market these days, that as a parent it gets very confusing when you go to buy your child some pencils. Do they need the most expensive? Do they need a variety? Do they need big ones or small ones? Is the packet really telling the truth? The boxes…
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Apps Vs Actual Toys
Over the years Ipads, tablets and smart phones have become very popular as young children’s “toys”. When you go out for dinner these days most children are given a phone to play on rather than pencils to colour with or toys to play with – it’s been a change in our society over the past…
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Should my ‘typically developing’ child see an Occupational Therapist?
Occupational Therapy is a health profession that is not truly understood by the general public – even sometimes by University students studying it!It is such a varied discipline, that as a uni student (studying OT) one of the hardest things to do is to define it and describe it to others. Unfortunately this is a…
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Meet our OT blogger – Katrina Davies
Hi and welcome to our OSAH Blog! My name is Katrina Davies and I am the Occupational Therapy Manager at both “One Stop Allied Health & Medical Centre” as well as “Allied Health Partnerships” (our sister company). I have been working for this company for 10 years and have a background in working with children…
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Celebrating Twins!
This week 13th – 20th March 2016 is Multiple Birth Awareness week and here at OSAH this is a topic that is close to our hearts! I am a mother of fraternal twin boys and Our Practice Manager, Sue, is a Fraternal twin herself!As allied health professionals we also often work with twins. Twins are referred to…
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To All Amazing Mothers
A mother is technically a female who gives birth to a child…. But we all know that to be a mother is much more than that (sometimes not even necessarily that). I truly believe all mothers raise their children to the best of their ability, at that time. We all have different ideas, values and…